COOLING OFF: A couple swam in the sea at Ostia beach, 10 miles south of Rome, Friday. A heat wave from Africa, nicknamed ‘Charon’ by local forecasters, is sweeping Italy, with temperatures up to 104 degrees Fahrenheit. (Max Rossi/Reuters)

CLEANING LINCOLN: U.S. National Park Service employees used a variety of tools, including razorblades, plastic paint scrapers, sponges, solvents and a pressure washer, to clean the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., Friday after it was vandalized with a splatter of green paint. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

OUT OF THE POOL: Australia’s Jaele Patrick left the pool after a dive in the women’s 3-meter springboard semifinal diving event in the FINA World Championships in Barcelona Friday. (Josep Lago/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)

FULL OF HOT AIR: A worker held on to a hot-air balloon as it was inflated Friday in Readington Township, N.J., during the 31st annual QuickChek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning. The event runs from Friday to Sunday. (Mel Evans/Associated Press)

FORMING AN IMAGE: Students held up colored pieces of cardboards, used to form pictures, before a mass gymnastic and artistic performance in Pyongyang, North Korea, Friday. The event is part of celebrations for the 60th anniversary of the truce in the Korean War. (Jason Lee/Reuters)

SHOW OF SUPPORT: Protesters wore masks depicting Gen. Abdel Fattah Al Sisi in Tahrir Square in Cairo Friday. Gen. Sisi, Egypt’s powerful top general, asked Egyptians to protest to support the military’s right to confront supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi (Asmaa Waguih/Reuters)